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The Republic of Murkatinnya (Republique Murkaya/Miruki Dimokratia), also known as the 2nd Murk Republic, is a country located on the northwestern region of the Southland Continent. Murkatinnya shares its borders with Yugolan to its south, Howlton to its southeast, and Pokremia and the Carneasian Confederacy (Gers Republic) to the east.
History
Murkatinnya was settled by early, Greek-speaking tribes known as the Murks, in an area currently known as Greece, western Murkatinnya. As the Murks expanded west, they began to develop variations in their culture, developing regional languages as a result.
Being unaware of the end of the divine rule, the early Murks continued their survivalistic lifestyles, innovating weapons and infrastructure. During this time, they developed major weaponized ships as opposed to smaller boats to transfer massive populations at once should the divinities return.
Quickly, the major ships turned from mass-transportation to long-distance exploration as the Murks began exploring further and further away from their coast.
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Geography
Murkatinnya is located almost entirely to the south of the Equator, with exception of the northern Kaellas peninsula to its northwest corner. Throughout the country, it may experience temperatures as cold as 2 degrees celsius in the capital city of Murkatinnya City (Bobby City) to 41 degrees centigrade in Kaellas City. Its southeastern border with Howlton, the mountain range of Extrax, can reach up to -41 degrees celsius in winter.
Its location sits on the edge of the Murkatinnian Plate, with its entire southern border meets with the Southland Plate, forming both simultaneously a rift (in the form of the Pelakos Lake (which Murkatinnya and Yugolan borders) and a mountain range (The Extrax).
Politics
Murkatinnya has a central parliament overseeing federal states and their local government. Unlike Howlton, Murkatinnya’s president is elected by the members of Parliament, and the Prime Minister is elected through representative democracy, where the number of elected officials for each party correlate to the votes on the Prime Minister.
Political Parties
Murkatinnya’s domestic politics is made up of four parties: The Convention of Free Murkatinnya, Yellow Party, the Communist Party of Murkatinnya and the Union Party.
Global Relations
Murkatinnya maintains generally positive relations with most countries on Arc, with the exception of the Carneasian People’s Federal Republic and the People’s Republic of Mewland, to name a few.
It has long-established great ties with Howlton, lasting since their first contacts and currently has free-border controls where Howt and Murk vehicles can drive through the mountainous border without a passport or border checks.
There is a slightly strange situation with Slovia, where, though Howt vehicles can pass through the Slovo-Howt border the same way as Murkatinnya, there are toll passes and border checks on vehicles coming from other countries. There are currently talks about border crossings with Slovia as well as the Carneasian Confederacy to slowly remove these border checkpoints.
Murkatinnya currently maintains good relations with its ally and the largest country in the world, Veliona, despite fighting many wars during the 17-18th century, during the Fires of the West (which is a period of destabilized geopolitics in the New World after the decolonization of Murkatinnya).